Milk bottle carrier



- July 9, 1940.

R. LEMERMAN MILK BOTTLE CARRIER Filed Feb. 8', 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet Atforeys Patented July 9, 1940 This invention relates to milk bottlecarriers especially constructed for use by persons engaged in makingdelivery of milk from housefto house and which usually takes place atnight or in the I dark. The present invention has for its primaryobject, the provision of a device of this character which not only willpermit carrying of a number of bottles with safety and ease, but willalso provide an eicient electric illuminating del vice so that thedeliveryman may at will have light sumcient to permit -rapid delivery ofmilk and collection of empty bottles and also may be used to locatehouse numbers and other 'purposes which may be within the need of thede-V liveryman while engaged in his work. Y

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construcltion, combination and arrangement of.parts'to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. i0 For acomplete understanding of my invention,

reference is to behad to the following description and accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a'perspective'view illustrating a milkbottle carrier constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary end elevation illustrating the illuminatingdevice. Figure 3 is an end view showing a part of th illuminating meansremoved to expose the mounts0 ing of the batteries in the carrier.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.- .1 IFigure 5 is' a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 5 indicates a rack fortheV accommodation of a number of bottles, consisting of verticalAintegrally connected walls 6, a bottom wall 1 of skeleton formation,cross members 8 providing spaces to accommodate bottles and. a handle 9connected to end walls of the rack and further braced to said end wallsby braces I0. The handlev 9 exte'nds lengthwise of the rack 5 and ispreierably of hollow formation having-'located in its grip portion II aswitch I2 oi a conventional construction, that is, capable of beingeither pressed manually to close a circuit or to bev slid for completingthe circuit so that the electric illuminating means will remainilluminated as long as desired. Of course, it being understood that theelectric illuminating means can be flashed on and ofi' by the pressingand releasing of the switch I2. The handle 9 being of hollow formationallows the conductor wires I3 to extend to the switch I2- from one endof the rack 5.

- It is preferable that the vertical walls .of the rack be ofsolidformation and may be utilized'for display for advertising purposes.

One of the end walls has an arcuate curvature thereto, as clearly shownin Figure l. This d arcuately curved end wall is designated by theVcharacter A and will be known as a guard for the electric illuminatingmeans.

Arranged inwardly of the guard A is a partition'- I4 being suitablysecured to opposite side walls 1U of the rack and dening between itselfand the guard A a chamber I5. The guard A has an opening and extendinginwardly from said guard A about the opening is an internally threadedrannular collar I6 located-withinl the chamber l5.

The collar I6 has threaded therein a collar Il one end of which isclosed by a supporting Iwall 18. The supporting wall I8 is curved oroffset,

as shown at |9, to form a pocket 20 of annular formation which surroundsa -anged vportion l0 2|' formed on saidl y supporting wall I8. Thevflanged portion defines an opening for the reception of a lens 22 alsoisscrew threaded to have threaded therein a reflector 23-'which acts toretain the lens 22 within the anged portion 2i, 25

the latterbeing knurled to permit a firm grip to be obtained thereonwhen desiring to thread the collar I'I within the collar I6 or whendesiring to unthread the collar I1 from the collar I6. The

reector 23 is of conical shape having an opening $0 in its apex portionto receive an electric lamp 2l mounted within an electric lamp socket 25carried by the partition Ilj.

The partition I4 also supports dry cells or bat- -teries 21 throughspring contact elements 2B. 3B

The contact elements 28 arel connected to the electric conductors I3 andto the lamp socket 25 so that on closing of the switch I2 the electriclamp 24 will be illuminated.

By referring to Figures l, 2 and 4 it will be 40 I seen that the lens 22due to the constructiondescribed will be arranged within a planeslightly inwardlyv of the outermost portion of the guard A so as to beprotected. Further, it will be seen that when it is desired or necessaryto-change 45 dry cells or batteries it is only necessary to threadthe'collar I1 out of the collar I6 carrying 'therewith the lens 22 andreflector leavingv thev batteries fully exposed so that they may beconveniently removed and renewed by others. 50

The electric illuminating means arranged in the end of the rack asdescribed permits the deliveryman while carrying the rack to have ay rvery eiiicient way of illuminating hispath as well as locatingv housenumbers and the places for 55 the placing of milk bottles and the`collection of- 'emptymillrbottlea The annular pocket 2li formed in thesupporting wall I8 of the device will allow a persons 5 lingers toobtain a firm grip upon the flanged portion 2l when desiring lto eitherthread the collar I'I into or out o1' the collar I6. Further, throughtheconstruction as shown and described it will be clearly apparent thatit is not necessary V10 to disturb eitherthe lens or the reilectori'roinits mounting when d g to makevbattery or dry cell changes in the device.l

Itis believed that thei'oregoing description,

A when. taken in connection with the'drawings will fully setforththe'construction and advantages of this invention to those yskilled inthe art to which such a device relates, so thatlfurther detaileddescription will not be required.

Having described claimed is:

2. A milk bottle` carrier comprising a` rack- I' including a handle andan .arcuately curved guard wall'at one end thereof and provided withanopening,apartitioninsaidrackandspaced -from the opening, an internallyscrew threaded collartormedontheguardwalland extending d toward theparticion, a support including a conn -threaded into the nrst namedcollar and having Ain said iianged. portion and retaining the lens Q inthe seat andhaving an opening.anelcctrical 'i -and including an electricthe invention, lwhat is- 1. a milk home carrier comprising a rackinilluminating means mounted -on said partition lamp extending into thereector .and an electric switch mounted on the handle. l

3. A milk bottle carrier camprising a rack in- 5 cluding a handle and anarcuately curved guard wall at` one end thereof and provided .with anopening, a partition in said rack and spaced from the opening, aninternally Iscrew threaded collar formed on the guard wall andextending'lo toward the partition,.a support including'a collar threadedinto the rst named collarand v having a flanged portion deilning anopening and a. seat, a. lens mounted in the seat, a reflector uireadedin said lhanged portion and feminine 15* the lens in the seat and havingan opening, an electrical illuminating means mounted'on said" partitionand including an electric lamp extending into the reector and anelectric switch mounted on the handle, said supporting member 20adjacent its ilanged portion being oiiset to form an'annular indentationsurrounding the anged portion to permit gripping of the latter, saidilanged portion being knurled.

4. A milkbottle carrier comprising a rackincluding'solid walls with oneof the end walls thereof arcuately curved to form a guard wall havingan. opening, a handle for said' rack, a

mounting carried by said guard wall and extending inwardly thereof, apartition in said rrack and spaced from said mounting* supporting plateincluding a portion threaded in said mounting and a flanged portion,defining an opening and a seat, a lens received in said seat, areiiector threaded in the iianged portion and retaining the lens thereinand provided with an opening, electric illuminating means carried by thepartition and including oifset to form an annular depression surroundingthe Banged portiontopermitagriptobeobf tained thereon, and a switch forYthe electric illuminating means carried by thehandle.

RAYMOND Lamm. es

an electric lamp extending into the reflector, said supporting platebeing

